"I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family."

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Source : "Portrait of the artist". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2007.

Judith Jamison

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“Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts and supported by the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders involved, it is the Survey's opinion that certainly prior to 31 December 1945 and in all probability prior to 1 November 1945, Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war, and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated.”
“Traveling has a major impact on what I do, cause all over the world I'm meeting all kinds of people. And relationships is the second major impact that I have. I just enjoy the variety that the world has to offer.”
“Louis de Bernires is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh. . .he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste.”
“I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.”
“It is impossible to imagine existence void of any intelligence.”
“He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.”
“He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop.”
“The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.”

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